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Vivian E. Browne - From the Artists category:
I think that the artist should exhibit in black sections of the communities and colleges. And I think that the artist should, the black artist, should share whatever knowledge he has with black communities and black universities. At the same time, I do not think the artist should segregate himself. (Vivian E. Browne)
Vivian E. Browne - From the Painting category:
- oral history interview with Henri Ghent, 1968...
I think that painting is really... I have now known that it's part of me and something that I must do. So whatever it is and wherever it goes it is something that I will always do and I'll always continue to find the best expression of the ideas that I do have about people and humanity. (Vivian E. Browne)
Vivian E. Browne - From the Portraiture category:
I react to people very visually, and I always have. What shows on a face or in a carriage or in a stance, even, is such an indication of what's inside. People are so closed up, really. And if you can look, you know, through all of that and get it down... But it's seeking what is real in among all the crap, you know; there has to be something that's real. (Vivian E. Browne)
Vivian E. Browne - From the Shock category:
- oral history interview with Henri Ghent, 1968...
Every once in a while I have to give myself a little vitamin pill and re-understand the reasons why this is disturbing other people. But I think I have come to grips with it and actually have to. Because if not, I can't paint anymore. (Vivian E. Browne)
Vivian E. Browne - From the Travel category:
- oral history interview with Henri Ghent, 1968...
I was afraid... That I would be a Negro, you know, in a white world. And that was very frightening. Plus I couldn't live up to any of the brilliance that I was sure I would encounter. But after being in England for awhile I began to come out a little bit, and I found that in Europe you are not a Negro. You're a person... I didn't want to come home. (Vivian E. Browne)
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